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W. Editor J* McAFEE, nnd Prop. > KNOXVILLE, CRAWFORD CO., GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 1890. VOL.I. NO. 2.
LOCALS.
>Ir. W. H. Harris, of Macon, visited
relatives and friends in Knoxville on Sun¬
day last.
Mrs. C. T. Blasinganc is visiting the in
family of Mr. R. K. Webb and others
this community.
Mr. Robt. C. Lescner, who is now lo¬
cate t at Clash's Mill, spent two or three
days in Knoxville the past week.
Mr. John Dent, who has been railroad¬
ing in the Land of Flowers for some time,
reached Knoxville last Sunday morning.
"Mr r H. Hartman has about recov-
ered from his recent severe spell of sick-
ness and can be found at the mill again,
Mr. D. B. Jones, of Macon, spent tw’o
or three days in Knoxville recently, visit¬
ing the family of his brother, Dr. J. W.
Jones.
Dr. J. N. Smith, the affable and pop¬
ular physician of the Hickory Grove
community, was in Knoxville a day or
two recently.
Mr. George McCook and Miss Beckey
Newsome, both of'Bibb county, were
married on Thursday last, Rev. Mr. Jor¬
dan officiating.
Mrs. F. II. Wright returned home
Tuesday morning last from Macon, where
she had spent two or three days visiting
friends and relatives.
Mr. IL J. Lesener, who has been se¬
riously ill for several days past, is im¬
proving, aud is able to again fi 1 his
accustomed place at the drugstore.
Miss Beulah Wright, of Macon, having
accompanied Mrs. F. H. Wright on her
return home, will enjoy a visit among her
friends'and relatives of this place.
Let us have your advertisements for
insettiou in this paper. If you are en¬
gaged iu business, it might be a good
business idea to let the people kuow
about it.
Our citizens generally have availed
themselves of the opportunity offered by
the line gardening w’eather for the past
several days, and quantities of seed have
been sown.
~\\e are pleased to state that Miss
Minnie Avera, daughter of Mr. Asbury
Avera of this county, is attending school
here as a boarding pupil. She finds a
home here with the family of our towns¬
man, Mr. J. D. Hammett.
After this date all the legal advertise
ments of the county will be published Sub¬ in
the Crawford County Herald.
scribe for the Herald aud keep yourself
posted, as all good citizens should, in
this department of public affairs.
We presume a robin pie or stew is a
very palatable dish, judging from the
eagerness with which they are pursued
from one tree to another arouud Knox¬
ville. From the frequent gunshot robins re¬ by
ports, somebody must be eating
the dozen.
We direct attention to the advertise¬
ment of Messrs Wright & Allen in this
issue of the Herald. They have a com¬
plete stock of first class goods which
they offer at living prices. Nothing kept
in stock except of best quality. The la¬
dies are invited to call aud inspect their
line of goods.
We learn from Mr. J. W. Stroud, that
upon examination of the trees in his
peach orchard a few days ago, it was dis¬
covered that every tree examined was
dead. He could assign no cause for
the loss of his trees, except a few days
of rather cool weather, twf or three
weeks ago.
We regret to learn that Mr. W. F.
Blasingame, who has been attending a
dental college in Atlanta, has found it
necessary to abandon his studies on ao*-
count of sickness. He reached - home
about a week ago, and we understand
was quite unwell. We hope he will
soon recover aud be among his friends
again.
Messrs. F. II. Wright and C. T. Blasin¬
game of this town are claiming that the
business of housekeeping was placed in
their Ijands during the absence of their
good ladies recently. It is said they kept
bachelor’s hall during the time, and the
inference is that it will require a little ex¬
tra effort to again set things oh to rights in
“the hall.”
Mis* Lizzie Jones, of Macon, and Miss
Carrie Jones, of Jackson, Ga., are spend-
ing some time in Knoxville with rela¬
tives, the family of Dr. J. W. Jones,
n e trust the IIeilald will be excused for
a, lvertising for a9 many more such visit-
? r ' as can be induced to become inem-
-°f society in this pleasant and so-
wn.
Married.
Mr. George Burnett, of Bibb county,
. „.
n< “ ss Nettie Jones, of Monroe county,
" ere Harried on Sunday last.
A Needed Work Well Done.
A few months ago, the members of the
Baptist church at Knoxville decided to
undertake repairs on their church build¬
ing, with a - view to its preservation, as
well as to render it more convenient and
attractive.
Through the efforts of the / pastor, Rev.
A. ( ellons, , tilth the active co-opera-
.
tion and assistance rendered him by the
members and others, the work has/
made satisfactory progress, until now but
i, _le remains to oe uone to- complete the
or ^ na ^ P' an * Considerable change has
been made in the interior of the building,,
all of which has resulted in giving to the
church a greatly improved appearance.
New blinds and lights have been placed
in the buildiug, the pulpit remodeled and
made more convenient and presentable,
and . the ,, structure , considerably ., , , improved . j
in other respects The building has also
teen meely painted, and as which soon as will t ic
belfry has been completed, all the
perhaps be at an early date alx>ut
repairs which were urgently needed will
have been finished.
We suppose very little, if am, o the
expenses incurred in the woik remain un-
paid ; which, no doubt, is_ a souice of
gratificatKjn to all interested.
Ihe membership,and all who have con-
tnbuted materially to the seculai interests
of the church, are now desirouso. obtain-
ing new seats for the buildmg as early as
practicable, which will doubtless result
m its being made still more comforta )le
and inviting. It is earnestly hoped that
m this new undertaking they may receive which
the assistance and encouragement
have contributed so largely toward suc¬
cess in this respect during the past few
months.
It may perhays not be out of place to
remark in this connection, that for the
successful culmination of the church im¬
provements above noted, a couple of the
young lady members of the church, Miss
Eddie Jarrett and Miss Florence Wright,
are entitled to much credit.
Through their unremitting efforts and
faithful and energetic prosecution of the
work in hand, success was more easily
attained than would have been realized
had they not so unselfishly given them¬
selves and their best efforts to this lauda¬
ble undertaking. in this field of la¬
While special effort
bor should always be esteemed as an hon¬
or and a privilege, it is more unenviable frequently
regarded as a thankless and
task. These young ladies have under pursued
the even tenor of their way some¬
what unfavorable surroundings and em¬
barrassing circumstances, Success to
them was not at all times
an assured fact, and it must be gratify¬
ing to them, as well as to all who were
in sympathy writh them, that the good
work in which they were engaged in has
been at last accomplished, and that a
most satisfactory and creditable nian-
nor. Conscious that they were in the
right they have acted their part nobly, and
the inscription of their names upon the
corner-stone of the church edifice is an
eminently proper and well merited recog¬
nition of the valuable assistance they
ha ve rendered.
The pastor of the church, Rev. A. C.
Wellons, has given to the work much of
his time, in his general direction and
supervision, as well as in manual labor.
He became at times almost indispensable,
and all who were associated with
him, as well as the community at large,
will, wc doubt not, hold him in grateful
remembrance for his voluntary and un¬
selfish contribution to the best interests
and general welfare of our people. in what
It should not befforgotten that
has been done by the members of the
Baptist church toward repairing 1 the same
they have received the hearty co-opera¬
tion of their Methodist friends here who
have shown themselves in sympathy with
the work and contributed materially to
its desirable consumation.
“To Whom it May Concern.”
We are authorized to announce that
genial, but somewhat lonely aud discon¬
solate young mau, Mr. Johu Ilaues, as a
candidate for matrimony.
He expresses his reuliuess to enter in¬
to q, matrimonial engagement at any
time, if one of the opposite sex can be
induced to do likewise.
lie further states that he has effected
arrangements to ^procure the necessary
funds—one dollar and a half—with
which to begin housekeeping.
The wealthiest class in the United
States is considered to be vastly richer
than the wealthiest class in Great Britain,
The average annual income of the richest
100 Englishmen is about $450,000; but
the average annual income of the
100 ruin, Americans cannot be less than $1,-
onn 200,000.
The Utility of the Railroad.
Some months ago the completion of
the A. A F. railroad from Atlanta to this
place was the leading topic of discussion
among the citizens of Crawford. Vari¬
ous theories were advanced as to the ef¬
fect the road would have upon the inter¬
ests-and general welfare of the people. ad-
Sufficient time has since elapsed to
mit of a definite conclusion being reached
reference to the advantages or disad-
vantages of the railroad. When the in¬
terests .and convenience of the majority of
the citizens of the county are taken into
consideration, it is very evident that the
building 0 f the railroad through the
coimty was a decided, and it might be
said a very great benefit. When the
mai keting of the cotton crop and the
transportation of weighty articles of mer¬
chandise are considered, the value of the
railroad can hardly be questioned, and
the conclusion is soon reached that it is
' v ' t, U-uigh indispensable. The building
of the road has evidently proven benen-
dal tQ aU Veduced rties couct Wd. It has re¬
sultcd iu rates of freight and
w td] e d j xas encouraged competition in
trade it is still a benefit to the merchants
from the fact that it enab|os him t0 hau .
dje g0(>ds of any de9cript i on) an d to keep
a m UC h more varied stock than has been
possible heretofore. The railroad, as a
mere matter of convenience for freight in-
and passenger travel, is not, in itself,
significant. But the most important the re-
gld ^ perhaps, and, at the same time,
mos j. gratifying is that it furnishes to the
f armera G f county a home market for
their cotton, and renders it possible for
them in purchasing supplies of any des-
cr j p ti on to secure them on the most lib-
tr . d and accommodating terms,
La Grippe,
If there is anything in this country
which has about become a common and
universal heritage among the citizens it
is this pestiferous and unwelcome ail¬
ment denominated La Grippe. After the
physical organization invaded of a by man, the woman disease
or child has been
and the sneezing part of the program has
grown somewhat monotonous, there is
still one consolation and that is the sym¬
pathy of a multitude of other victims
who are having the same experience.
There are however comparatively malady few
instances in which the proves
fatal. Knoxville comes in for its share of
the sneezing business, but with uo seri¬
ous results so far, as we have heard.
Mr. J. W Stroud was suffering from a se¬
vere attack a few days since and stated
that other members of his family were no
better off with it, but we suppose they
have about recovered. The following
lines give a pretty correct description of
this disagreable “La Grippe.”
“Where the seas meet the land, and the land
quits the seas,
The universe shakes with a terrible sneeze.
The Czar in his palace, the serf in his hat.
Explode all alike when the nostril is shut.
The saint’s holy person is no more exempt
Than the sitiner whom Satan world-waking refuses to tempt.
The pest of the air takes a trip.
xVnd its banners are blazoned: “Beware of
La Grippe.”
A Portable Shingle Mill.
There are men in almost every conceiv¬
able avocation in life—men who are en¬
gaged iu agriculture, merchandise, man¬
ufacturing |and an almost an incredible
number of other things that people do for
pleasure or profit, and among all these we
occasionally find a man who gets shingles.
We believe there are some men who en¬
gage in the work of getting shingles be¬
cause they have a natural fondness for
the business, and regard it only in the
sense of a" pleasurable pastime. This
thought is suggested by the fact that Mr.
Jim Horn, of this county, who lias been
in the business seventeen years, must
have accumulated a pretty snug little
fortune for himself or somebody else and
he is still in the ring, still getting shin¬
gles. He has not been regularly rendered at the
business all the while, having
some little assistance in the farm at times,
but that did not last long as he would
avail himself of the first occupation, opportunity and be to'
resort to his favorite
found again counting out shingles. For
the past seventeen years he has been a
pretty fair representative of a portable
shingle mill. But we suggest that he
might as well hold up awhile in the bus¬
iness for, although, he has counted up
into the thousands and hundreds of
thousands he is now about out of shin¬
gle _'__
Spring Time.
We were show n a day or two ago, by
Mr. W. J. McGee, a twig from an oak
tree in his yard, that was pretty well de-
veloped. the leaves having very nearly
attained their full grow th.
He also exhibited a Jamestown weed,
several inches m height with a flower or
two toward the top of the stalk. He
^ates that he has corn, peas, beans, etc.,
that w ill show up equally as well m re-
gardtorize.
BOTES FROM WARRIOR.
Warrioe, Ga., Feb. 24.
The Bibb couftty chaingang is, at pres¬
ent, at work upon the Columbus road,
leading from Macon toward Knoxville.
The prisoners in the chaingang number
sixty-five, fifteen of whom are women,
three white and the rest colored. There
are three white men iu the camp.
Mr. Ira Jennings, who haa received
much benefit in the treatment of his eyes
in Macon, recently, is of the opinion that
no better treatment can be had anywhere
than in Macon for au affliction of this
nature, thus avoiding the necessity of au
expensive trip to New York or elsewhere.
Satisfactory progress is being made
with the work on the Macon d? Birming¬
ham railroad near here.
Assistant Teacher.
The position of assistant teacher in the
Knoxville School is now being fiilled in
a very acceptable manner by Miss Ida
Domingos.
One favorable indication already no¬
ticeable in the schoil is that she is fast
gaining the confidence and esteem of her
pupils.
Miss Ida is well qualified to discharge
the duties devolving upon har as assi»t- ’
ant, as she is a graduate of Andrew Fe¬
male College, and has the benefit of sev¬
eral years practical experience in teach¬
ing, Of course the direction and con¬
trol of the entire school is under the
immediate supervision of Prof. Power.
THE DAM GIVES WAY.
A GREAT DISASTER IN ARIZONA-—MANY
PEOI’LE DROW’NDD.
The fine large storage dam built across
Passayampa river by the Walnut Grove
Water Storage Company, two years ago,
at a cost of $300,000, gave way Saturday
morning under the great pressure of the
heavy flood and swept everything
before have jt. Forty last persons their lives, are known and
to
dam which held __ back
the the water
was 110 feet long at the base and 400
feet at the top. It was 110 feet' thick at
the base aud ten feet at the top, forming
a lake three miles in length by three-
fourths of a mile wide and one hundred
and ten feet deep. Of those known to
have been drowned were: J. Haines,
wife and four children; II. Boouc and
daughter, John Silby, Joseph Reynolds,
Mrs. McCarthy and S. McMiller.
A later dispatch says: A courier has
just arrived from the lower Hassayampa
and reports that a tremendous mountain
of water came down Ilassayampa at about
2 o’clock Saturday morning, and that
thirty-four men lo6t their lives at the
lower dam where they were at work.
Thirty-one were whites and three Chinese.
The loss of life in the valley between
Wickcnburg and the dam may not be
known for some days, but it is without
doubt considerable, and the number may
reach thirty or forty. The courier states
(hat the upper dam had undoubtedly
broken and carried the two dams below’
down with it. The loss of property
in the dams alone will amount to about
$800,000.
THE GRIP IN MEXICO.
TERRIBLE WORK OP THE MALADY AMONG
THE POORER CLASSES.
Private letters from Mexico state that
the grippe has been mere widespread and
persistent in its ravages there than any¬
where else on the American continent. A
letter dated the 14th instant and received
at San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday,
saj’s: “The progress of the influenza
here and its results have been truly ter¬
rific. The greatest fatality is among the
poorer Classes, who live generally against in
houses which afford no protection
the elements, and they have died abso¬
lutely like sheep, sometimes 125 a day.
Just now’ the supply of coffins has beef
exhausted and many bodies have beer
buried without them.”
AN ANCIENT LANDMARK
IN' HUNTSVILLE DESTROYED BY FIRE—AX
ANTE-BELLUM RELIC.
A dispatch from Huntsville, Ala.
fays: The old Mu Isay carriage shop, at
the corner of Green and Meridian streets
was destroyed bo fire Sunday. This an¬
cient building has stood for half a cen-
t try, and was a landmark of ante-bellum
days. Here was built before the wai
hundreds of fine ca/riages ana buggies
for the wealthy planters of this and ad¬
joining states. The fire engine kept the
flames confined so that the adjoining
residences were not injured. The entire
building and a lot of work manufactured
by the Montezuma Rustic company and
its tools were destroyed. *
A dark horse—The nightmare. — Wor¬
cester Gazette.
SOUTHERN NOTES. )
INTERESTING NEWS FROM ALT,
POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
GENERAL PROGRESS aand OCCURRENCES
WHICH ARE JIAFFENING BELOW MA<
sox's and dixon’s line.
Charleston, S. C., city council,, has in*
vtied Vice-President Morton to visit
Charleston.
A bill making General Robert E. Lee's
birthday a legal holiday passed the \ ir*
ginia house Monday.
The bill to incorporate the Washington defeated
and Mount Vernon railway was-
iu the Virginia legislature Monday.
A boiler exploded in the sawmill ot
.lames Hunter, near Richmond, Va., Sat¬
urday. Three persons killed,, six wound¬
ed.
A heavy rain and hailstorm swept hail- ovei
Alabama Monday afternoon.. Some
stones at Livingston measured seven
inches round.
The Mississippi senate on Friday pass¬
ed the licence bill repealing the law re¬
quiring a deposit of $25*000- by each in¬
surance company doing business iu the
State; also the bill making changes in the
present judiciary and chancery ewirt dis¬
tricts.
Saturday night at midnight, at one of
the largest government distilleries, of J.
B. Lanie,. at Salisbury, N. C., a boiler
exploded with fearful results. Two men
were killed, two others fatally injured
and several others seriously in jured. The
distillery building was blown to pieces. miles
The explosion shook the earth for
around.
The secretary of the navy, on Tuesday,
made the first payment, amounting to
$57,800, to the Richmond Locomotive
Machine works, ol Richmond, \ a., foi
work done on the machinery designed being foi
the battle ship. “Texas,” which is
built at Norfolk. This is the first largo
payment of money that, the navy depart¬
ment lias made to the south since the war.
The twenty-second annual meeting ol
the Georgia Press association will be held
at Savannah on Tuesday, March 25th,
1890. The association will make excur¬
sions to Havana, Jacksonville, Sanford
and Tampa, Fla., aud will visit the Sub-
Tropical exposition at Jacksonville. They
will also make a trip up the St, John’s ri¬
ver. Their sojourn will occupy about ten
days. mt
General Charles E. Hooker, member of
congress from Mississippi, delivered an
address at Baltimore Saturday night be¬
fore a large audience, and under the aus¬
pices of the Baltimore Light Infantry, C.
S. A., on the life and character of Jeffer¬
son Davis. Mr. Hooker, in closing his
address, advised all southerners to give
hearty allegiance to the reconstructed
government.
A dispatch of Monday from Birming¬
ham, Ala., says: As the day of his exe¬
cution draws near, Dick Hawes grows
very nervous, but he seems to be making
a desperate effort to control his emotions.
He sleeps very little now, and eats but
little. His face is very pale, and there is
a frightened look in his eyes. It is ex¬
pected he will break down completely on
the gallows.
A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala.,
says: Another arrest has been made in
the celebrated Dick Hawes murder case.
Will Roebuck, a negro hack driver, was
arrested Tuesday on suspicion of being
the man who helped carry the bodies of
Mrs. Hawes and Irene from the cottage
to the lake, half a mile away. ' The evi¬
dence against Roebuck is all circum¬
stantial, but Is said to be rather strong,
and his sudden flight from the city was
suspicious.
Majority and minority reports were
made by the legislative committee ap¬
pointed to examine the office of the State
Treasurer of Mississippi. The reports do
not differ materially. They express the
opinion that w here Treasurer Hemingway
is credited with $105,550 paid out by him
for coupons in 1876, and for which no
credit can be found on his general books.
It will be found that the State owes hitji
more than $2,000.
GEORGIA TO AUSTRALIA.
S. SCHOONER LOADED WITH GEORGIA PtNB
LUMBER W ILL SAIL FOR ADELAIDE.
A special of Saturday from Savannah,
Ga., says: There is a large schooner now
in the river loading with lumber for Ade¬
laide, Australia. This is the first time, so
far as can be ascertained, that Georgia island,
pine has been sent to that great
many thousand miles away. Large America, quan¬
tities of it are shipped to South
and occasionally some goes to Europe.
The new’ departure in this growing export
will be watched with much iuterest.
(- Several thousand fami’ies from EnglanS Jo«*
ind Denmark will be settled in the San
juin Valley, Cal., this season. A large tract,
jf land has been cut into twenty-acre fruit
farms, and the colonists are now on their
way from the old world.